Only a few weeks before the start of the World Chess Championship in Mexico 2007, Grishchuk became champion of the 61st blitz tournament of Moscow. Here are the final standings:
1 Grischuk – 17
2-3 Bareev, Malakhov – 14
4 Nepomnjashchy – 13
5 Korotylev – 12
6 Najer – 11.5
7 Savchenko – 11
8-9 Dvalishvili, Zvjaginsev – 10.5
10-11 Dobrov, Grachev – 10
12 Dreev – 9.5
13 Amonatov – 8
14 Balashov – 7.5
15 Ulko – 6.5
16-17 Vasjukov, Papin – 6
18 Malakhov – 5.5
19 Vlasov – 4.5
20 Voevodin – 2.5
